Shareholder structure
SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE AT DECEMBER 31, 2016
as a percentage of subscribed capital
SHAREHOLDER STRUCTURE AT DECEMBER 31, 2016
Volkswagen AG’s subscribed capital amounted to €1,283,315,873.28 at the end of the reporting period. The shareholder structure of Volkswagen AG as of 31 December, 2016 is shown in the chart on this page.
The distribution of voting rights for the 295,089,818 ordinary shares was as follows at the reporting date: Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, held 52.2% of the voting rights. The second-largest shareholder was the State of Lower Saxony, which held 20.0% of the voting rights. Qatar Holding LLC was the third-largest shareholder, with 17.0%. The remaining 10.8% of ordinary shares were attributable to other shareholders.
Notifications of changes in voting rights in accordance with the Wertpapierhandelsgesetz (WpHG – German Securities Trading Act) are published on our website at www.volkswagenag.com/ir.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The 56th Annual General Meeting of Volkswagen AG was held at the Hanover Exhibition Center on June 22, 2016. The ordinary shareholders of Volkswagen AG accepted the proposal of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board to pay a dividend of €0.11 per ordinary share and €0.17 per preferred share with a majority of 99.98%. With over 90% of the voting capital present, they also formally approved the actions of the Board of Management and Supervisory Board.
In addition, the ordinary shareholders of Volkswagen AG elected PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (PwC) as the auditors for the single-entity and consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2016 and as the auditors to review the condensed consolidated financial statements and interim management report for the first six months of 2016, for the period up to September 30, 2016 and for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017.
The Annual General Meeting also rejected the motions added to the agenda concerning the appointment of a special auditor in accordance with section 142(1) of the Aktiengesetz (AktG – German Stock Corporation Act) as well as the further motions raised in the course of the meeting.
Ms. Annika Falkengren’s scheduled term of office and the terms of office of the court-appointed members of the Supervisory Board – Dr. Louise Kiesling and Mr. Hans Dieter Pötsch – expired at the end of the Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting elected all three members to a full term of office in the Supervisory Board. Mr. Akbar Al Baker, likewise a shareholder representative on the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG, stepped down from his office with effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting elected Dr. Hessa Sultan Al-Jaber, representing the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), to replace him for the remainder of his term of office. With Ms. Al-Jaber, Ms. Falkengren and Dr. Kiesling, three of the ten shareholder representative seats on the supervisory body are filled by women.